Senior Project Lead

Arcus Search; Brussel; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcus Search is seeking a Senior Project Leader to own end-to-end delivery of complex Epics in Brussels, collaborating across corporate functions, IT, security, data and suppliers. You will translate business needs into clear roadmaps, manage plans, budgets and risks, and lead cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, high-quality outcomes.

The role requires experience in regulated/financial services environments, strong communication, and proven ability to engage senior stakeholders while

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large, complex technology-enabled transformations.
• Affinity with corporate functions such as Finance, HR, Risk, Audit, Compliance or Legal.
• Strong delivery discipline across planning, budgeting, resources, risk and governance.
• Experience delivering packaged software, ERP, SaaS, cloud-hosted or cross-platform implementations.
• Ability to engage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders across organisations.
• Practical experience of Agile delivery frameworks.
• Strong command of English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery of one or more complex Epics or projects across functions, technology teams and suppliers.
• Translate strategic objectives into a clear delivery roadmap, scope, milestones and outcomes.
• Build and maintain integrated plans covering resources, budget, procurement, risks and releases.
• Mobilise and lead cross-functional teams to ensure momentum and collaboration.
• Identify impacts across the wider ecosystem and drive mitigation.
• Manage scope, issues, risks and changes with governance and escalation.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder influence

Agile delivery

Cross-functional leadership

Vendor management

English communication

Tools

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Microsoft 365

Job description

Senior Project Leader - Global Leading Financial Market Infrastructure - Brussels, Belgium

Role:

• Own the end-to-end delivery of one or more complex Epics or projects across corporate functions, technology teams, entities, locations and third-party suppliers.
• Translate strategic objectives and business needs into a clear delivery roadmap, scope, milestones, outcomes and acceptance criteria.
• Build and maintain integrated plans and forecasts covering resources, budget, procurement, risks, dependencies, environments, releases and operational readiness.
• Mobilise and lead cross-functional teams, clarifying accountabilities, maintaining momentum and creating effective collaboration between business, IT, security, architecture, data, operations and suppliers.
• Understand the functional and technology landscape, identify impacts and dependencies across the wider ecosystem, and proactively drive mitigation or resolution.
• Manage scope, issues, risks and changes with appropriate challenge, escalation and decision-making; protect agreed outcomes while adapting pragmatically when priorities evolve.
• Ensure delivery meets internal governance, security, resilience, architecture, data, procurement and Agile delivery standards.
• Provide concise, transparent reporting to sponsors, governance bodies and senior management, with clear decisions, trade-offs and actions.
• Drive quality throughout the delivery lifecycle, including testing, cutover, change adoption, transition to operations and benefits realisation.
• Act as a trusted connection between corporate function sponsors and technology services, promoting continuous improvement and reusable delivery practices.

Requirements:

• Significant experience leading large, complex technology-enabled transformation initiatives, preferably in a regulated or financial-services environment.
• Demonstrated affinity with corporate functions such as Finance, HR, Risk, Audit, Compliance or Legal, and an understanding of how technology, data, controls and operating processes support these domains.
• Strong delivery discipline across planning, financial management, resource forecasting, dependency management, risk and issue control, and governance.
• Experience delivering packaged software, ERP, SaaS, cloud-hosted or cross-platform implementations and upgrades.
• Ability to apply systems thinking, rapidly understand the bigger picture and move into detail where intervention is required.
• Proven ability to engage, influence and challenge senior business and technology stakeholders, while building trusted relationships across organisational boundaries.
• Clear and concise communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and support timely decision-making.
• Strong negotiation, conflict-resolution and supplier-management capabilities.
• Independent, organised and resilient leadership style, with the flexibility to reprioritise in a fast-changing environment.
• Practical experience of Agile delivery frameworks and effective collaboration across multiple squads.
• Strong command of English, both written and spoken.

What makes you stand out:

• Hands-on exposure to major corporate-function platform transformations,
• Experience integrating business process, data, controls and technology change across several corporate functions.
• Proven delivery experience with outsourcing, offshoring and software or cloud vendors.
• Knowledge of service transition, operational resilience, information security and regulatory expectations in financial services.
• Relevant delivery or project-management certification, such as PRINCE2, PMI or an equivalent framework.
• Proficiency with delivery and collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps, ServiceNow and Microsoft 365.